EN AC-21200 Aluminum vs. 512.0 Aluminum
Both EN AC-21200 aluminum and 512.0 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have a moderately high 94% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN AC-21200 aluminum and the bottom bar is 512.0 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 120 to 130 | |
| 50 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 71 | |
| 69 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.9 to 6.2 | |
| 2.0 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 110 to 130 | |
| 58 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
| 26 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 410 to 440 | |
| 130 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 360 | |
| 83 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 390 | |
| 420 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 180 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 660 | |
| 630 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 550 | |
| 590 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 880 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 130 | |
| 150 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 23 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 34 | |
| 38 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 100 | |
| 130 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 10 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 3.0 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.0 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1150 | |
| 1160 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 16 to 22 | |
| 2.3 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 500 to 930 | |
| 50 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 46 | |
| 51 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 38 to 40 | |
| 14 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 41 to 43 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 49 | |
| 60 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 to 19 | |
| 6.1 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 93.3 to 95.7 | |
| 90.6 to 95.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 4.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.15 to 0.5 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.2 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 1.4 to 2.2 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |